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TO AN INFANT BOY.
Welcome, soft trembler, to our arms!
We clasp in love thy fragile form;
And struggling with our smiles and tears,
Receive thee mid earth's sun and storm.
We clasp in love thy fragile form;
And struggling with our smiles and tears,
Receive thee mid earth's sun and storm.
Helpless immortal! Strong, though weak!
Even now thou'rt round our hearts entwined,
Thy weakness is thy strength, nor earth
The spell thou bringest can unbind.
Even now thou'rt round our hearts entwined,
Thy weakness is thy strength, nor earth
The spell thou bringest can unbind.
Ray on creation! May thy dawn
Still prove serene and blest as now,
And earthly shades of sorrow flee
From thy soft breast and feeble brow.
Still prove serene and blest as now,
And earthly shades of sorrow flee
From thy soft breast and feeble brow.
Pure opening bud! Unfold in joy
Beneath the fond parental eye,
And may thy blossoms bless their path,
While theirs are ripening for the sky.
Beneath the fond parental eye,
And may thy blossoms bless their path,
While theirs are ripening for the sky.
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Sweet rainbow on life's tearful sphere!
God's promise to the sad heart given!
Shine on thy parents' gladdened sight,
And be the bond 'twixt them and Heaven.
God's promise to the sad heart given!
Shine on thy parents' gladdened sight,
And be the bond 'twixt them and Heaven.
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